Chapter 30: 'The Castle'
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γThe... Damn....]
[What's going on now?!]
A little boy stood up with his forehead covered, he had just passed through a long, pitch-black tunnel, and saw bats with human faces.
Suddenly, the minecart he was riding in jolted, and when he woke up again, it was here, and he was the only one by his side.
There was a dark wall, and the only light was a three-story dilapidated castle with a few crows chirping incessantly.
Grunt...
The little boy found that he had to go to the castle first to see if there was anything to eat, and he remembered that he had just played the 'Contractor Game', but now... He looked at his human hands, and a very bad thought came to his mind: I shouldn't be able to cross over...
The little boy stood up straight only to notice that his knee was hurting, and when he looked over, he realized that he was injured.
"Let's go to the castle first. β
The boy dragged his wounded body towards the castle while four other children woke up in different directions.
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In front of the small dilapidated castle, a little boy knocks on the door.
Buckle buckle...
"Who?"
The little boy heard an old voice coming from inside the house, and he spoke: "I am a shipwrecked person and would like to stay here for one night." β
Crunch, a crack in the castle's gatehouse opened up, through which an old woman looked at the castle with vigilance, but when she saw the little boy, the guard in her eyes was lowered a little.
"Who are you and what is your name?"
"I am the child of a shipwreck.... My name is..."The little boy was a little uneasy, and he was wondering whether to tell the old woman his real name.
"My name is Shepherd..."
The little boy thinks it's better to say his real name first, after all, there should be more trust between people, and when it comes to this pasture, he remembered the 'game' name incident a few days ago.
"The night in this world is particularly dangerous, you can follow up. "The old lady opened the door completely and looked at the herd fire with a 'kind' smile on her face.
[Could it be the world of transcendent powers?...] Mu Huo walked into this castle with his head down, and found that there were only a few candles inside, and the light just now was emitted by candles, and there were many other items covered with white cloth.
As if sensing Mu Huo's concern, the old woman explained: "I am the only one who lives in such a large castle, and I am covered with a white cloth because I am afraid of damaging the items, so come with me to live in the room on the second floor tonight." β
"Hmm..."Mu Huo answered, followed behind the old woman, and when he passed by a portrait leading to the second floor, Mu Huo felt a trace of abnormality, and he turned back to look at this portrait:
[In the portrait just now, this man's eyes are facing forward, why are they looking down now?]
[Could it be that I lost too much blood... Hallucinations?]
"Wait and see the portrait, now I'll take you to the room first. The old grandmother looked at the portrait in a daze, and her tone was a little puzzled.
"Hmm...."Mu Huo followed the old woman again, this time passing by the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the corridor on the second floor.
Mu Huo turned around and looked at the mirror again, and there was a little black-haired boy in the realm, his clothes were a little tattered, and the wound on his knee began to scab over, which was what Mu Huo looked like when he was 10 years old!
But that's not the point!
The point is... Just when Mu Huo passed by this mirror, he saw a man who was in good clothes and uninjured....
[By all means... Be... Excessive blood loss, hallucinations....]
"Shepherd, this is your room, Shepherd?"
The old grandmother opened a dusty room, and when she looked back, she realized that Mu Huo had been staring at the mirror.
"Oooh... Here it is..."Mu Huo's face was a little stiff, and after just a few steps, he felt as if something behind him tugged at his clothes!
Mu Huo's pupils immediately contracted, and he quickly turned around to look at the empty corridor, where no one was dragging his clothes at all.
[It's the person in the mirror... Is it?γ
[This must be... Be... The reason for my excessive blood loss... It must be...]
Pale as she walked into the room.
"You have a good rest, I'll go get the medical kit. The old woman also saw the pale face and injured body of Mu Huo.
β... Oh...."Mu Huo replied with some distraction.
[What does this smell like...]
It was only at this time that Mu Huo felt that this room full of dust and white cloth was filled with an indescribable smell of rot.
Just as Mu Huo wanted to look at the white cloth first, the old woman came over with a medical kit with this black cross, and the appearance of the medical kit was red.
"Come... I'll treat your wound first. β
The old grandmother opened the medical box 'kindly', but her kind smile was so eerie and terrifying in Mu Huo's eyes.
Bang bang....
Just as the old grandmother picked up the black and red disinfectant water and was about to 'disinfect' the pasture, there was another knock on the castle gate.
"Mu Huo, you wait here, grandma will be here soon. The old woman turned and walked towards the door.
"....." Mu Huo pursed his lips and watched the old grandmother go to the first floor, he picked up the bottle of disinfectant with a strange color and smelled it: "It's the smell of disinfectant water...."
Mu Huo was a little relieved to get this answer, but he looked at the dark red luster of the disinfectant water, and didn't know why Mu Huo wanted to lick it to see what it tasted like.
Mu Huo's finger was dipped in a little 'disinfectant water' and gently put it in his mouth.
Vomit... Vomit.... The shepherd fire spit out instantly, and waited for the indescribable smell to subside slightly.
Mu Huo muttered, "This... It must smell like disinfectant water, right?"
"I can't have traveled to the worst world, right?, the supernatural type of world?" Mu Huo felt the strangeness of this world from just now, and with this thought, Mu Huo didn't dare to use this 'disinfectant water' to disinfect.
"Come in, children. β
Hearing the voice of the grandmother below, Mu Huo leaned on the protective railing of the corridor and looked at a little girl and three little boys coming below.
The little girl looked like a porcelain doll, and the other three boys had a cold face, a calm face, and the last little boy rolled his eyes around, constantly observing his surroundings.
The old grandmother took four 'children' who were about the same age as Mu Huo and walked to the second floor and came to Mu Huo.
The old lady saw that Mu Huo's wound had been bandaged with a strip of cloth, and a 'kind' smile appeared on her face again: "'Disinfectant' has been used, right?"
"With... I used it. Mu Huo pulled out a stiff smile and responded.
"Well, if I don't, I'll be distressed. After speaking, the old grandmother turned to look at the four 'children' behind her and said:
"Your room is one of the five rooms, and there is a lot of dust in the room, and I haven't cleaned the room for too long, and there may be some rancid smell in it. β
"Okay, you guys can rest here for the night tonight, and I'll put this 'disinfectant' here. β
"By the way, do you need me to 'disinfect' you?"